Where does “kami” come from?

kami (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kami, from Proto-Austronesian kami — we, us, our.

kami (Iban): we (exclusive)

Definitions

  1. we (exclusive)

Ancestry of “kami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickamiwe, us, our
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankamiwe, us, our
3Proto-Austronesiankamiwe, us, our
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kami →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kami →Every word from Proto-Malayic kami →